On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:55:57 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:49:40 +0000 (GMT), wrote:
In article ,
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:44:05 +0000, Mike Lyle wrote:
It must have depended on the board, then. Oxbridge joint board set
"Elementary" and "Additional" maths as separate subjects: calculus was
in "Add Maths". Of course schools may have varied in the way they
programmed things.
I did Oxford GCE maths in 1956. I have no recollection of it being called
Elementary Maths, nor is "elementary" mentioned on the actual certificate.
It wasn't called that, even in the 1960s, but that's what it was.
as opposed to Advanced Level.
I think purposes are being crossed. I mentioned "Oxbridge", meaning
the Oxford and Cambridge Universities' joint schools examination
board: this wasn't the same as the "Oxford Local" exams board. "Oxford
and Cambridge" definitely set "elementary" and "additional" maths at
Ordinary Level in 1958, and "elementary" in that context wasn't as
opposed to "Advanced Level". I don't know what other boards did (one
of the absurdities of the system was, in my opinion, the existence of
a number of distinct examining bodies).
--
Mike.